There were plenty of times when Melinda Tomlinson couldn’t watch her son Dalvin play football at Henry County High School in Georgia. She was a “concession mom,” so her game days were spent hawking hot dogs and pushing pretzels in a booster club stand that did not provide a very good view of the field.
But she would hear the games. Hear the crowd cheer. And then hear the public address announcer say Dalvin Tomlinson’s name over the loudspeakers after he made another impressive play.
“That’s my baby!’ she would yell. “That’s my baby!”
Mukeshia Tomlinson, Melinda’s niece and Dalvin’s cousin, thinks that’s what she would be saying today .